Hong Kong Ordinances

HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS CONTROL ORDINANCE - SECT 40

Provision of false or inaccurate information, etc.

(1) A person commits an offence if he, in purported compliance with a
requirement imposed under this Ordinance to produce any document or provide
any information—

   (a)  produces any document or provides any information that he knows to be
        misleading, false or inaccurate in a material particular;

   (b)  recklessly produces any document or provides any information that is
        misleading, false or inaccurate in a material particular; or

   (c)  produces any document or provides any information that he has no
        reasonable ground to believe to be true or accurate.

(2) A person commits an offence if he, when required to produce any document
or provide any information in respect of any matter to an authorized officer
in the exercise of his powers under this Ordinance, withholds the document or
information.

(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on
conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(4) Notwithstanding anything in the Magistrates Ordinance ( Cap  227),
proceedings in respect of an offence alleged to have been committed against
this section may be brought within any of the following periods which expires
earlier—

   (a)  2 years after the alleged commission of the offence; or

   (b)  6 months after the first discovery of the alleged commission of the
        offence by the Director.